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I was a truck loader for UPS for one holiday season. They always maximize the truck space with boxes wedged up to the ceiling. But if they are short-staffed the

I was a truck loader for UPS for one holiday season. They always maximize the truck space with boxes wedged up to the ceiling. But if they are short-staffed they will have too few loaders for too many trucks and the packages won't be arranged in a findable way for the delivery drivers. The trucks would actually be less full since the loaders won't have time to play Tetris with the boxes.

spike021 6y ago
Ah, yeah that's a great point. Definitely don't think they're taking advantage of all the possible space. I feel like drivers have a bit of a thankless job. I definitely appreciate them more after learning this kind of stuff.